near to City of London, Great Britain

Strand is a street in the City of Westminster, London, England. The street is just over 3/4 of a mile long. It currently starts at Trafalgar Square and runs east to join Fleet Street at Temple Bar, which marks the boundary of the City of London at this point, though its historical length has been longer than this.

The A4 (Great Western Road) runs from London (Holborn Circus) to Avonmouth. It heads west out of London through Slough, Reading, Newbury, Marlborough, Bath and Bristol. Today it is paralleled by the M4.
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Discussion on TQ3080

1888 puts it in the William Ewart Gladstone era; but is it he? If not, who then? There are apocryphal stories of notable Conservatives confusing the NLC for a public convenience when on their way to the House. Perhaps this is one of 'them' leaving.